About Collective Roots

We are a nonprofit organization founded and based in East Palo Alto, CA. We seek to educate and engage youth and communities in food system change through sustainable programs that impact health, education, and the environment.

Collective Roots achieves its mission through the innovative integration and implementation of two key program areas: garden-based learning and food system change.

Garden Based Learning
We work with youth and adults to design and sustain organic gardens on school and community sites that are linked with kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum provided by Collective Roots.

Food System Change
We engage residents and stakeholders in a full-scale initiative to increase access to fresh, local, healthy and affordable fresh produce through community-based projects that build resident capacity.